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COURSE OF STUDY. 203 Geometry. Special attention is paid to the development of the idea of mathematical demonstration: and, as many students who can reason logically can not express their ideas clearly, due attention is paid to correctness of form. As soon as the student has attained the art of rigorous demonstration, he is required to produce constructions and demonstrations for himself. Wells's Plane and Solid Geometry. The work by terms is as follows: 1. Plane Geometry, including rectilinear figures, the circle, similar polygons, areas of polygons, regular polygons and the measurement of the circle. 2. Solid Geometry, including lines and planes in space, dihedral and polyhedral angles, polyhedrons, the cylinder, cone, and sphere and their measurement. 3. Inventional Geometry, consisting of original work in construction and demonstration in the form of a general review. Greek. By terms the work is as follows: FIRST YEAR. 1.—Goodwin's Greek Grammar with Frost's Greek Primer. 2.—Goodwin's Greek Grammar with Frost's Greek Primer, and Moss' First Greek Reader for translations. 3.—The Grammar and Xenophon's Anabasis with Collar and Daniel's Greek Prose Composition. SECOND YEAR. 1.—Continuation of third term's work. 2.—The Grammar and selections from Xenophon's Hellenica with prose composition based on the text read. 3.—The Grammar and selections from Herodotus with prose composition based on the text read. The authors named in the last four terms will not be insisted upon in the case of those offering Greek for entrance. An equivalent amount from any authors will be accepted. Ability to read at sight passages of average difficulty will be deemed of major importance. History. Instruction in this subject is confined to English and American history. A detailed study of the rise and progress of the
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